On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Erich Neuwirth wrote:
> i want to call
> "c:/Program Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/netscape.exe"
> with system
> but
> system("c:/Program Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/netscape.exe")
> does not work because of the blank.
>> system('"c:/Program
> Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/netscape.exe"',wait=FALSE)
> works exactly like i want.
>> when i set
> options(browser="c:/Program
> Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/netscape.exe")
>> how can i manipulate the result of
> getOption("browser")
>> so that i get a string which will work with the system command?
I think
options(browser="\"c:/Program Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/netscape.exe\"")
should do the trick (not tested!).
Uwe Ligges
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